**First, DEFRAG your hard drive. Do this even though Windows defragger will likely report that you don't have to do so at this time -- Windows knows nothing about the type of streaming audio work we have to do.

There is a neat free program called, "Defraggler" that you can download from the Piriform site. This is a good piece of code that works better and faster than the Windows Defrag that comes bundled and can be found in the Start->Accessories->System.

**3 Hours is a long time for a single session, long enough for resources to get bashed easily. The program had likely filled up your available physical RAM and then tried to do (shudder) disk cache swapping. That may work fine for a word processor or a spreadsheet program, but it does not do so good when faced with realtime necessities such as streaming audio (or video!). When I did use Band in a Box in live performance, I made a habit out of REBOOOTING the computer between sets. I also turned off ALL power saving features in the Control Panel, changing them to "Always On" for the AC power provision. Also turn off screen savers, screen blankers, and never put the laptop or even the desktop to "sleep" -- which can cause the OS and the program to lose focus on critical drivers such as the soundcard or other sound device.


HTH,


--Mac

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